"What is your name?" Ian asked Emilia as he looked her over.
"Emilia, Milord," Emilia responded with a bow as she had been trained to do.
Ian looked at Emilia briefly before giving them the go-ahead to take the water inside, "Leave the pails by the door. Your Prince is inside the bathing room having his bath," Ian told Emilia, who gave a polite nod.
Becca, who had heard Emilia's voice from the bathroom, spied through the curtain and almost collapsed in relief when she saw Emilia approach with a pail of water. Her vision blurred when she noticed the bruises on Emilia's face like she had been beaten, and then she noticed Emilia seemed to favor one leg over the other.
"Get some clothes for the lad to change into. My clothes won't fit," Prince Ian instructed the other servants after they dropped the food tray on the large oak table which was beside the bed.
